Natural Gas Inventories as of May 2, 2025
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 104 Bcf as of May 2, 2025.
Working gas in storage was 2,145 Bcf as of Friday, May 2, 2025, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 104 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 412 Bcf less than last year at this time and 30 Bcf below the five-year average of 2,115 Bcf.
At 2,145 Bcf, total working gas is within the five-year historical range.
| Working gas in underground storage, Lower 48 states | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Historical Comparisons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stocks billion cubic feet (Bcf) |
Year ago (05/02/24) |
5-year average (2019-24) |
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| Region | 05/02/25 |
04/25/25 |
net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 362 | 331 | 31 | 31 | 450 | -19.6 | 379 | -4.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 454 | 425 | 29 | 29 | 586 | -22.5 | 478 | -5.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 180 | 174 | 6 | 6 | 190 | -5.3 | 124 | 45.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 232 | 226 | 6 | 6 | 245 | -5.3 | 198 | 17.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 917 | 885 | 32 | 32 | 1,085 | -15.5 | 937 | -2.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 293 | 281 | 12 | 12 | 314 | -6.7 | 286 | 2.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 624 | 605 | 19 | 19 | 771 | -19.1 | 650 | -4.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,145 | 2,041 | 104 | 104 | 2,557 | -16.1 |
2,115 | 1.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions experienced a net increase.
All regions, except for the Mountain and Pacific, and South Central Salt are below the five-year average.
